THEMATIC UNIT PLANNING
Topic: Designing a book about Australia. CEF Level: B2 Year: Nine. Suggested Duration: 1 hr & 15


Activity clusters & Assessment ideas
Skills & Text types
Grammar & Pronunciation
Vocabulary
Sociocultural knowledge
Duration in minutes
Activity 1
vocabulary on adjectives and describing words
adjective: 'beautiful', 'wild', 'enormous,
' dangerous','harmless', 'harmful' etc
vocabulary in reference
to animals, places, and environment
learning the areas and traditions
of Australia or any other
interesting areas in the world
10
Activity 2
Reading and pronunciation
emphasis on the adjectives found
in the article on animals and places
in the world, and learning how to
pronounce the way they are said in the
country in which it is allocated to.
learning a variety of
words in the article and
in the text

10
Activity 3
Grammar
emphasizing on adjectives and when to place
them in a sentence
e.g. S V O [ before or after the subject etc)

learning that when age is
in the subject it should be after the subject etc. - linguistic
etiquette
10
Activity 4
Speaking
sharing ideas and areas of designing a short story
with the rest of the classroom


20
Activity 5
Group Activity - research
Researching animals on the internet and allowing
the students to find some useful information on
the topic and share with the rest of the classroom.
Aim: independent research and recognising particular
text that are useful for designing a short story book


10
Activity 6
Listening
hearing vocab in reference to animals and when
the students have heard the
animal what was the first thing that came to their mind, how did they describe the animal.


10
Activity 7
Conclusion
What students felt about the class and their ideas to improve the topic chosen to work on
what was a new word
they learnt about

5
Resources:
Speaking:
http://fun.familyeducation.com/childrens-art-activities/book-arts/37153.html
Listening:
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/blogs/mario-rinvolucri/a-simple-listening-exercise-around-animals
Reading:
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/science/animal/read/
Grammar & Vocabulary:

http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:qCI3QX5Nl4YJ:www.decs.sa.gov.au/curric/files/links/Australian_Animals_screen.pdf+extracts+
for+students+to+read+in+reference+to+animals+and+adjectives&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk

Expected Outcomes:
Students will learn in an enjoybale atmosphere while working and aiming to design a book about Australian animals, however, at the
same time student will be gaining more knowledge on the subject while I am implementing a variety of exercises in reference to the subject.
I expect that students will enjoy this paricular lesson more than the usual class environment of learning a usual vocabulary, grammar or
listening lesson.